Friday, 11 January 2013

Today
I weigh 14 stone 3 lbs, I have lost a pound, which is pretty good as I
have had my work Christmas do this week. Next week start on Total inches
and more exercise increases.I’m
also working on Dreamlines for the first 6 months of 2013. these are
not set in stone yet but the four that I think I want to focus on
immediately are:Top 4 for the first 6 months of 2013Play
Games - I’m currently torn between running a massive sweeping epic
campaign and running a series of smaller self contained campaigns
letting me scratch my other systems itch.Go to Gen Con US with the girls. This is on the cards for August.Help People - Similar to my Gaming Self Help Post I’m looking into the field of Life Coaching.Physical
Improvement - Slimmer, Fitter Stronger and more agile. The Goal for
Slimmer is under 13 stone by end of March. I need to set targets for the
other three parts and start working towards them.Top 4 for All of 2013New Car - As per my last Dreamline, This is probably one for the 4th Quarter of the year.More Dwarven Forge - The Cavern Chasms set is now available in the UK and the Catacombs set looks amazing.A House - At least as Nice as where we currently live. The first step of this is to save for a deposit.Best Larp Fighter - This one has dropped off a little but I’m sure it will come back as the Larp season begins.

Monday, 7 January 2013

I have re started my This is Thracia
Game, I have updated it to Pathfinder and updated the setting to
reflect the three months that have passed since we last played.In
September a large fire gutted most of Cannacale (the town that acts as a
base for the adventurers). While most of the damage has been rebuilt or
repaired, Adventurers have been banned from the town itself and as a
result the half finished Arena just outside of town has become the Home
for most of the adventurers in the area. Passara wife of the still
missing Legate has taken over stewardship of the town (since she was
raised from the dead) and has been harsh and uncompromising both to
adventurers and other “threats” to the safety of the town. Greek
Warships have been seen off the western coast, and rumour has it that
they have driven off the pirates from the Isle just west of the Ruins of
Troy. Strange people have also been seen moving in both directions
along the Temple River and some of the townsfolk whisper that the Forces
of the Temple of Elemental Evil are on the move once more. It is said
that word has been sent to Constantinople but no help has been
forthcoming. The Roman Emperor in Constantinople has outlawed the
practice of Olympian worship in the city and closed the Temple district.We
had our first session on Friday. Xavian, Faroq, Iola and Clio went to
investigate the Owlbear Cave. Inside they discovered Spiders, Shrieker
Fungi, A shambling Mound and a Half Barded extremely angry Giant
Owlbear. Having dispatched this variety of foes they investigated the
caves finding bodies clad in Green- Blue Armour, one of whom had a very
unusual ring made of Blonde Humanoid Hair and a somewhat secret passage
leading to a cleft in the rocks that ran north into the mountains. Pathfinder House Rules.Having converted to Pathfinder I am using a few house rules. Similar to the ones I used for my last Pathfinder Campaign.

Slow XP Advancement

XP for killing monsters halved

XP for Treasure 1 per gp value of Treasure not just stuff found in monsters pockets.

100 XP for discovering a location

50 xp for updating the Table map

100 x level for a session write up

50 x level for a character bio.

100 x dungeon level for completely clearing a dungeon (work out how to figure out dungeon level)

1d6 x 100 for carousing,

XP monster value for delivering live monsters to the arena

100 x level for completing a quest or plot hook

5 xp for a fortune coming true

level x 100 xp Achieving a Personal Goal.

I’m
adding Ritual Magic for Spellbook style magic users. You can cast any
spell in your spellbook as a ritual (without having to have it prepared)
by spending 1-10 mins per spell level and magical ingredients equal to
10 x Spell level GP (these numbers might change) and describing a cool
ritual.If you have additional attacks due to having a high base attack bonus they are all at your highest attack Value.No
Alignment, I’ll deal with spells that utilize it as they come up.
Clerics don’t have to share an alignment with their deity but should act
like a cleric of the deity. Clerics might end up getting some of their spells in a way similar to this post.Critical
hits on a natural 20 do double damage, (you can choose to just multiply
it or roll double the dice) If your weapon has an extended threat range
or crit multiplayer you can roll to confirm as normal to get the extra
bits.Death
and Dying. 0 is staggered, -1 - 1Con is Dying, While you are dying make
a Con check DC 10 plus the minus number you are on, if you fail lose
another 1d6 HP. You Die after one round at your Con in negative HP. If
you pass you are fine this round, if you pass by 5 or more you recover
to 1 HP. If you get magical healing you heal from 0 HP.I’m also going to do something with Ability Damage but I’m not sure what yet.What are you playing this year?

Thursday, 3 January 2013

I
weigh 14 Stone 5lbs, December was a rough month but I am refreshed from
the break from blogging and dieting and back on a fitness kick.Over
the course of this week I am going to redo my dreamlines to focus my
intent for the first 6 months of 2013 and look to what fitness goals I
want to achieve and what games I am going to play and run. My current thoughts are to convert This is Thracia to Pathfinder and finish my Iron Kingdoms Campaign.More posts to follow!